rebuff (200 synonym found)

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abjuration
abjure
abjurement
backfire
backlash
backlashing
bafflement
balk
be proof against
bear up
bear up against
beat back
beat off
block
boomerang
bounce
bound
brush
brush aside
brush off
brush-off
carom
challenge
chase
chase away
chase off
check
checkmate
chuck out
chucking
chucking out
cold shoulder
cold-shoulder
combative reaction
complaint
confusion
contemn
contempt
contradict
contradiction
contrecoup
counter
counteraction
cut direct
declination
decline
declining
defeat
defiance
defy
demur
denial
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despisal
despise
despising
disapproval
disapprove
discard
disclaim
disclamation
discomfiture
discount
discounting
discouragement
discourtesy
disdain
dismiss
dismissal
disown
disownment
disregard
dissentience
drive away
drive back
endure
except
exception
exclude
exclusion
fend
fend off
flat refusal
foil
forswear
fractiousness
frustration
high-hat
hinder
hold at bay
hold off
hold out
hold up
humiliation
ignore
ignoring
keep at bay
keep off
kickback
negativism
nonacceptance
nonapproval
nonconsideration
noncooperation
not receive
obstinacy
obstruct
offence
offense
opposition
pack off
parry
pass by
pass up
passing by
passive resistance
point-blank refusal
protest
push aside
push back
put back
put-down
putting away
putting out
reaction
rebound
rebut
recalcitrance
recalcitrancy
recalcitration
recant
recantation
recoil
refractoriness
refusal
refuse
refuse to consider
refuse to receive
reject
rejection
reluctance
remonstrance
renitence
renitency
renounce
renouncement
repel
repellence
repellency
repercussion
repudiate
repudiation
repulse
repulsion
resilience
resist
reversal
reverse
revolt
ricochet
rout
scout
scouting
send away
send off
send packing
setback
short shrift
shove away
slight
sneer
sniff
snort
snub
spring
spurn
spurning
stand
stand up
stave off
stop
summary negative
the cold shoulder
the go-by
throw away
throw out
throwing out
thrust back
turn aside
turn away
turn away from
turn back
turn out
turning out
uncooperativeness
upstage
waive
ward off
withstand
withstanding
Definition of rebuff:

(n) : a sudden resistance or refusal
"he was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal."
(v) : to refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out; to buff again
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Definition of rebuff:

(n) : a sudden resistance or refusal
"he was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal."
(v) : to refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out; to buff again
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